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Current Affiliation

Associate Professor

Contact Information

Mailing address:

University of Nevada, Reno

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/258

Reno, NV 89557-0152

T: 775-784-6942

F: 775-784-1390

amyec@unr.edu

Physical address to include for express mailing:

1664 N. Virginia Street

Office address:

Scrugham Engineering and Mines (SEM) Room 222

Education

Research Interests

Professor Childress’ research interests focus on membrane separations in environmental applications. Her current projects involve study of the fundamentals and applications of existing membrane processes as well as the development of novel membrane process for desalination and wastewater reclamation.

Recent Publications

•  Brant, J.A. and Childress, A.E., “Colloidal Adhesion to Hydrophilic Membrane Surfaces”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 241 (2), October 2004, pages 235-248.

•  Cath, T.Y., Adams, V.D., and Childress, A.E., “Experimental Study of Desalination Using Direct Contact Membrane Distillation: A New Approach to Flux Enhancement”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 228 (1), January 2004, pages 5-

•  Brant, J.A. and Childress, A.E., "Membrane-Colloid Interactions: Comparison of Extended DLVO Predictions with AFM Force Measurements", Environmental Engineering Science, Vol. 19 (6), December 2002, pages 413-427.

•  Brant, J.A. and Childress, A.E., “Assessing Short Range Membrane-Colloid Interactions based on Surface Energetics”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 203 (1-2), June 2002, pages 257-273.

Courses Taught

Activities

·          Editor of AEESP Newsletter

·          Member of AWWA Membrane Technology Research Committee

·          Member of AEESP, AWWA, NAMS, ACS, ASCE, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon

Awards

·          2001 CAREER Award from National Science Foundation

·          2001 Excellence in Teaching Honorable Mention Award from UNR Student Chapter of AWRA

·          2001 EPA EPSCoR Junior Faculty Travel Award

·          2001 NAMS International Travel Award

·          2000 EPA EPSCoR Junior Faculty Travel Award

·          1996 ACS Certificate of Merit for the best presentation before Division of Environmental Chemistry at 212^th National Meeting

·          1996 AWWA Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) Scholarship

·          1996 Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA

·          1995 ACS, Division of Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award

·          1995 Clair A. Hill Scholarship (Central Basin and West Basin Municipal Water Districts)

·          1994 American Water Resources Association Boggess Award for best paper published in Water Resources Bulletin during previous year

·          1994 Irvine Ranch Water District Scholarship

·          1993 UC Chancellor’s Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, UCLA

·          1992 University Fellowship, UCLA